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The Mississippi water crisis reeks of systemic racism and longstanding neglect – and it’s deeper than a matter of decades, as the media is reporting. It’s symptomatic of the historical racial reckoning which the US has refused address, despite seeing f…

Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow. Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh said the Russians targeted infra…

The Palestinian health ministry condemned an Israeli attack on a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Friday. Occupying Israeli forces fired tear gas grenades into the accident and emergency department of Hebron Governmental Hospital, s…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls on Israel to resume negotiations, after Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s call for a two-state solution. Abbas described it as “positive development” but said the proof would be a return to negotiations. “The…

TheTreasury Department said Friday it was allowing American tech firms to expand their business in Iran, one of the most sanctioned countries in the world, to boost internet access for the Iranian people. The Iranian government cut most internet access…

Last week, the Palestinian group Hamas announced that they would reconcile with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The announcement marks a change in the policy of the Palestinian group, who in 2012 offered support to the Syrian rebels that were see…

Saudi Arabia has appointed a woman as the new head of its human rights watchdog. King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a royal decree on Thursday, appointing Hala Altuwaijri as the new head of the kingdom’s Human Rights Commission with the rank of minister….

A child was killed Thursday in shelling by the Syrian regime and Russia in Aleppo province, according to reports. The boy died when regime and Russian forces shelled the town of Kafr Ama, said the Syrian Civil Defence, otherwise known as the White Helm…

A Tunisian judge has jailed eight members of a police union for harming public security and disobedience after clashes with police forces who tried break up their sit-in protest, a union official said on Friday. Tension has been growing between police …

Saudi Arabia has dismissed suggestions that its efforts to help release prisoners held by pro-Russia separatists were part of an attempt to rehabilitate its image after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, The Guardian reported on Friday. Saudi Arabia and T…